How do you know you've had a MMC if you never knew you were pregnant?

[mummaof2bumps]

HI ya'll, quick question here: how do you KNOW your bleeding is the result of a MMC and not just a late period? I am under the impression it is a MMC because you never even knew you were pregnant, how then do you know it was. MC at all?

 

[Mummy to be x]

A missed misscaraige is when the baby stops developing, before you have any idea this has happened, and you've had a BFP previous, I had my scan at eight week five days and was told my baby stopped growing two days previous. But there is lady's who go to their twelve week scan and find out their baby never got past a certain amount of weeks.

 

[poppy]

In our mums/grandmothers' days, women would frequently have miscarriages and not realise, thinking it was just a late period. Nowadays with early pregnancy tests, women usually know about early miscarriages.

Was your bleed different from a normal period? Heavier, more intense cramping, big clots? If so, it could have been an early miscarriage. If you are worried, maybe visit your doctor for blood tests.

A misses miscarriage is different - it is where the pregnancy ends but no bleeding starts. Usually this is spotted at a scan.

 

[alternatedi]

It sounds like you might be thinking of a chemical pregnancy.

During a cp, you'll get a positive pregnancy test, but it will get lighter and lighter and within a few days you'll start your cycle. Many women know because they've tested early, and false positives on home pregnancy tests don't really happen all too often.

Additionally, the cycle will often be a bit more clotty and painful.

In contrast, a mmc is when the baby stops developing but the mother's body doesn't recognize it. It's usually diagnosed by an u/s.

 

[Nina83]

A MMC is when the baby stops developing and the body continues to keep the pregnancy, or the baby inside.
It's usually found out later on during a scan, and needs medical assistance to remove the baby. (D&C, cytcoc) Some women also wait until the body kicks in, which could take weeks.

My second MC, I assume was also a MMC, I started spotting at 6+4 and went to the doctor where we found out the baby had stopped developing at 5 weeks. I later miscarried naturally that evening. I consider it though as a MC, because I never knew before the MC actually started happening that the baby wasn't growing.
With my first we saw a healthy baby with a HB at 6+4, but at 8 weeks we discovered the baby had stopped developing. I had a D&C the next week, my body made no signs of miscarrying.

A chemical pregnancy usually happens between when AF should arrive until 5 weeks. Before a baby can be detected on US. Some women prefer to call it an early loss/MC.
A chemical cannot happen before AF. Early bleeding is not a chemical, probably just an early AF.

 

[Cherrysoul]

Because you have taken a HPT at some point and gotten a positve, then sometime after that you may start spotting or bleeding, so you go to the GP who orders a Beta HcG test and it comes back at x level which puts you at x weeks along. Then you get another test and the levels have dropped instead of Doubled, that is a MMC.

A chemical pregnancy which i think your referring too, is when you release an egg, it gets fertilised, does not implant, or problem with implanting completely, and you go on to have a period none the wiser, as you would not know you where almost pregnant.